Choi managed the soggy and cold conditions the best, firing a two-day total of 7-over-par 151 to beat first-day leader Shinwoo Lee of Cherry Creek, Calli Ringsby of Cherry Creek and Patricia Lee of Highlands Ranch by two shots.

“I was thinking 1-over or even, but when I bogeyed the last hole I thought I had lost,” Choi said. “I can’t believe that I got first place. The last few tournaments, I felt like I was getting worse.”

Choi’s victory followed teammate Somin Lee’s victory last season. It’s only the second time a Class 5A school has produced back-to-back different champions, Skyline being the first in 2004 and 2005. Somin Lee finished sixth Tuesday, six shots behind Choi.

“I told Seung Ha at the beginning of the season that she was going to win state,” Overland coach Mark Scott said. “She was kind of blowing up yesterday and I told her you don’t win it the first day, you win it on Day 2. I don’t think she really believed me.”

News of Choi’s blistering start Tuesday, which included birdies on No. 3, No. 5 and the difficult No. 6, began to spread.

While Choi maintained the lead for much of the afternoon with Ringsby, Shinwoo Lee started to come back to the field on the par-4 No. 8. Her second shot plugged in a greenside bunker, resulting in a double bogey.

A three-putt triple bogey on No. 10 made things even worse.

“I had no idea how to hit that shot,” said Shinwoo Lee, who nevertheless helped Cherry Creek win its first team state title since 2007. “It was just a bad day.”

Cherry Creek’s quartet of Lee, Ringsby, Dani Urman and Mackenzie Cohen broke open a first-day tie with Arapahoe and won by 14 shots over the Warriors.

“We have been fighting with Arapahoe all season long and my hat’s off to them,” said Cherry Creek coach Bob Kubiak, who wasn’t sure the rival teams would get to settle things because of a weather-related delay of 90 minutes. “Ties are nice, but I think everyone wanted to decide it on the course.”

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